A proof of concept bypass of Google’s CAPTCHA verification system uses Google’s own web-based tools to pull off the skirting of the system.
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Torvalds Downplays SHA-1 Threat to Git
The ramifications of the recent SHA-1 collision attack have extended to Git and the Apache Subversion repository, both of which rely on the outdated and vulnerable hashing algorithm.
Cloudflare, Cloudbleed – or 3,400 reasons of shit happens
Over the course of the last six months, Cloudflare bled a lot of sensitive data. The reason? A bug in its HTML-Parser that in the end impacted millions of websites. Beside other things, they offer DDoS protection and a CDN service. Due to the massiv amount of affected websites its a rather important issue and it’s […]
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Google Does It Again: Discloses Unpatched Microsoft Edge and IE Vulnerability
This month has yet been kind of interesting for cyber security researchers, with Google successfully cracked SHA1 and the discovery of Cloudbleed bug in Cloudflare that caused the leakage of sensitive information across sites hosted behind Cloudflare.
Besides this, Google last week disclosed an unpatched vulnerability in Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) library, which affects
Google Upspin Secure File-Sharing Released to Open Source
New file-sharing protocols and interfaces called Upspin have been released to open source. Built by Google, Upspin returns access control and data security to the user.
SMTP Strict Transport Security Coming Soon to Gmail, Other Webmail Providers
SMTP Strict Transport Security is coming to major webmail providers this year, a Google engineer said at RSA Conference
Gmail starts blocking JavaScript attachments: Alternative infector vectors to be expected?
Gmail rolls out a new policy to block JavaScript attachments, increasing security restrictions as ransomware attacks increase.
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No Firewalls, No Problem for Google
Google secures its perimeter with explicit trust in what it knows about users and the devices connecting to its corporate services.
US Judge Ordered Google to Hand Over Emails Stored On Foreign Servers to FBI
In this world of global mass surveillance by not the only US, but also intelligence agencies across the world, every other country wants tech companies including Google, Apple, and Microsoft to set-up and maintain their servers in their country to keep their citizen data within boundaries.
Last year, Microsoft won a case which ruled that the US government cannot force tech companies to hand
Threatpost News Wrap, February 3, 2017
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap the news of the week, including a Microsoft SMB zero day, the latest Netgear router vulnerability, and a new HTTPS milestone.